While most sales and marketing people in the home building industry today probably haven’t been in the business long enough to have gone through some of the crazy swings this industry is known for, Bob Schultz has definitely been there and done that. In this edition of Head-to-Head, industry experts Bob Schultz and Kimberly… Continue Reading
Lasso CRM: Top New Home Sales Tips for 2023–Lead from the Side
Every year, Lasso CRM reaches out to the influencers in our industry to ask them to contribute their best advice on what we have learned and what we should apply going forward into the new year. I am always honored to be included in this article. This year, my advice is about the need to… Continue Reading
Atlanta Real Estate Forum Podcast: How Homebuilders Can Get Traction With Sales
The podcast was recorded on February 23, 2023. Recently, Kimberly Mackey joined host Carol Morgan, Founder and President of Denim Marketing, to chat about the Traction Scorecard strategy, predicting sales paces and more on the All About Real Estate segment of the Atlanta Real Estate Forum Podcast. Here is a summary of the conversation. For… Continue Reading
Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Girl Power! How Women Are Changing the Homebuilding Industry
Mollie Elkman, Owner and President of Group Two and best-selling author of The House That She Built and Alaina Money-Garman, CEO of Garman Homes join hosts Carol Morgan of Denim Marketing and Kimberly Mackey of New Homes Solutions Consulting for this GIRL POWERED edition of the Sales and Marketing Power Hour. This program created quite… Continue Reading
Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Annual Lasso Roundup 2023
The annual tradition continues, and this just might be the best one yet. Every year, LassoCRM does blog posts for the Top New Home Sales Tips and the Top New Home Marketing Tips. From that article, we team up with the experts who wrote the most innovative tips and bring them to life with our… Continue Reading
Head-to-Head: Soar Like An Eagle In a World Full of Turkeys with Robert Stevenson
(If you would like to read the discussion between Kimberly and Rob, the video transcription is at the bottom of the page.) Best-selling author and international speaker Robert Stevenson joined Kimberly Mackey for a candid conversation about what it takes to be a great leader, regardless of your title. Robert Stevenson is the author of… Continue Reading
Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Follow-up Like a Boss
One thing on the mind of sales teams across the county right now is, “how can I follow-up in meaningful ways, and not ‘sound like a pest’? The keyword in that sentence is “meaningful.” We all sound like a broken record when we say the market has normalized and that we have to back to… Continue Reading
Sales Performance Secrets with Kimberly Mackey on The Build Better Podcast
EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Tired of constantly stressing over sales? Sometimes contracts come easy, and sometimes it feels like you can’t breathe because you’re so thirsty! New home sales is a volatile and stressful world to manage – but with some practical, tried and proven strategies, it is possible to bring some predictability to your business. Tune… Continue Reading
Head-to-Head: Focus + Intensity = Results
(If you would like to read the discussion between Kimberly and Tug, the video transcription is at the bottom of the page.) Attention Builders, if you are in firefighting mode far more often than you would like, this video is a MUST-SEE! Learn how Tug Huddleston, of Red Door Homes of North Central Florida, went… Continue Reading
Sales and Marketing Power Hour: Selling to Active Adult Buyers in the Current Market
If one of your buyer demographics involves Active Adults (so, all of us), even if you are not selling in an age-restricted community, this is the conversation for you. Co-hosts, Carol Morgan, MIRM (Denim Marketing), and Kimberly Mackey (New Homes Solutions Consulting) have pulled together three of the top industry experts, Todd Warshauer, from 55Places.com,… Continue Reading
Head-to-Head: Becoming a Rock Star Sales Leader with Alan Beulah
(If you would like to read the discussion between Kimberly and Alan, the video transcription is at the bottom of the page.) If you are a veteran sales manager in the home building industry, have you ever wondered how you stack up? Maybe you are a General Sales Manager and aspire to take it to… Continue Reading
Guest Vlog: Leah Fellows Asks “Is Your OSC Program On Track?”
We are pleased to offer something we haven’t done in a while on our blog–a guest vlogger. Please welcome Leah Fellows, with Blue Gypsy, Inc. New Homes Solutions’ Guest Vlog welcomes Leah Fellows with Blue Gypsy, Inc. Leah breaks down everything you need to know to answer the question, “Is your OSC program on track… Continue Reading
Sales and Marketing Power Hour with Kevin Oakley: Are You Measuring the Right Stuff?
(If you would like to read the discussion between Kimberly, Carol and Kevin, the video transcription is below.) You hear it all the time. Homebuilding is a numbers game, but what numbers and what do they mean? Kevin Oakley, from Do You Convert stops by The Sales and Marketing Power Hour to help hosts, Carol… Continue Reading
Head-to-Head with Roland Nairnsey: Avoiding Market Whiplash
(If you would like to read the discussion between Kimberly and Roland, the video transcription at the bottom of the page.) Are you starting to experience Market Whiplash? Listen in, as Roland Nairnsey, from New Home Sales Plus and Kimberly Mackey go Head-to-Head. We will dive in HEADfirst into what you can do, right now,… Continue Reading
Get Traction with Kimberly Mackey
Click HERE to listen to the ANewGo Podcast Kimberly Mackey of New Homes Solutions is on the Podcast, A New Go of New Home Sales! with John and Anya, this week to talk about current market temperature, salespeoples’ state of mind and how to measure the right metrics for predictable sales. So let’s get some… Continue Reading
Head-to-Head: Take 2–The Top 10 NEW Mistakes Salespeople Make with Leah Turner
(If you wouild like to read the discussion between Kimberly and Leah, the video transcription is at the bottom of the page.) It is always better to learn from the mistakes of others. For the second year in a row, Leah Turner, from Melinda Brody & Company Mystery Shopping stops by to share with Kimberly… Continue Reading
Selling Homes Predictably with Kimberly Mackey, Guest Speaker
Click here to listen to the podcast (47:41) on DoYouConvert.com Recently, Kimberly Mackey sat down with Kevin Oakley, the Managing Partner of Do You Convert on the award-winning, Market Proof Marketing Podcast. They discuss a multitude of topics, including why builders can’t move forward to improve their sales numbers until they… Continue Reading
Sales and Marketing Power Hour-Making Movie Stars Out of Your Camera Shy Team
Industry gurus have preached the power of video for years and 2020 brought the importance of videos even further to the forefront, yet your team is still struggling to produce them. It is understandable. Perhaps it is rooted in fear, perhaps it is laziness, perhaps it is a lack of understanding. Whatever it is, now… Continue Reading
Head-to-Head with Bassam Salem-Making Artificial Intelligence Sexy and Personal
(If you would like to read the discussion between Kimberly and Bassam, the video transcription is at the bottom of the page.) Are you terrified that technology will replace you? Is it all happening so fast that you can’t wrap your head around it? How do you fit in? Artificial INTELLIGENCE is SMART! On this… Continue Reading
Sales and Marketing Power Hour-Selling Homes with Nothing to See
Welcome to the first Sales and Marketing Power Hour of 2022 and our move to Wednesday. Happy Hump Day! We kicked off 2022 with a BANG! SOLD OUT? Waiting on your next community to open? Dr. Seuss tells us that “the waiting place is a useless place.” Do homebuilders still need model homes in today’s… Continue Reading